LEAGUE SECRETARY'S NOTES.
The Ypres Times.
TO OUR NEW MEMBERS.
We welcome those who have joined the I.eague
since last July most heartily, and look forward
to their enthusiastic support in making all possible
endeavours to increase our membership.
An appeal was made to members in the last
edition of The Ypres Times to take a more
active part in recruiting, and we know those of
you who have lately become members will do
all in your power to promote the objects of the
League among your relatives and friends.
We cannot allow the last quarter of the year
to pass without recalling the severe loss we have
sustained in the death of our sincere President,
Field Marshal The Earl of Ypres, who always
displayed such a keen interest in the welfare of
the League, and especially in its newly formed
Branch, "The Junior Division," which is par-
ticularly referred to in this journal. Our great
ambition is to meet the wish of The Earl of Ypres
in creating a strong Junior Branch.
We feel we can rely on your valuable help in
approaching the youth of to-day, many of whom
are relatives of those brave men who served in
the Immortal Defence of Ypres. We ask you
to keep such patriotism alive by inducing the
young generation to join the League.
TO OUR CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Letters are being written to those Corresponding
Members who have expressed a desire to receive
them month by month, and it is due to the
courtesy of many Correspondents who have
written from time to time that the Committee
is getting into much closer contact with their
requirements. The most important being
A prepared lecture and slides, an up-to date poster,
and old copies of The Ypres Times.
We thank those who have helped us, and again
ask all whose names appear in our printed
list of Corresponding Members w ho have not yet
written, to communicate at once, and give their
suggestions. Part I of the lecture has been issued,
and Part II will be ready on October 31st, by
which time slides will be prepared for both parts
of the lecture.
Will Corresponding Members desirous of making
use of the slides for a particular occasion kindly
give three weeks' notice if possible, so as to make
sure of their being readily available on the
required date.
WHAT THE LEAGUE HAS DONE?
{1) Organised inexpensive travel and hotel
accommodation for pilgrims to the Salient
and War Graves.
(2) Established Headquarters and a Rest Room
at Ypres (19 Rue Surmont de Volsberghe).
(3) Published Tee Ypres Times quarterly for
four vears.
(4) Published Maps of the Salient and Cemeteries.
(5) Erected seven granite Pylons in the Ypres
Salient to mark the extreme German
advance
1. On the St. Jean Wiltje Road, leading
to Shell Trap Farm.
2. Near Potijze on the Zonnebeke Road.
3. Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road.
4. The railway crossing by the Zillebeke
River on the Hill 60 road.
5. Near Trois Rois on the Lille Road.
6. A point near Yoormezeele on the
Kemmel Road.
7. Near Yierstraat on the Kemmel Road.
(6) Given assistance and advice to ex-soldiers over
employment and pensions, etc.
(7) Commemorated Ypres Day on October 31st at
home and abroad.
(8) Held re-unions of members in London and the
provinces.
(9) Maintained cordial relations with dwellers on
the battlefields.
(10) Organised a Junior Division.
(11) Published a guide book called The Immortal
Salient now in the third edition.
The Immortal Salient has been compiled
with the assistance of the War Office
and the Historical Section of the Committee
of Imperial Defence. It provides a historical
record with maps, in addition to being a
complete guide to the Salient of Ypres.
(Publishers, John Murray.) To be obtained
from the Ypres League, price 5/-post
free, 5/4.
(12) Erected forty signboards marking the
following historic spots in the Salient
Polygon Wood La Plus Douve
Nonne Bosschen Bulgar Wood
Glencorse Wood Bass Wood
Railway Wood Stone Wood
Iron Cross Roads Battle Wood
Somme Maple Copse
Gallipoli Zouave Wood
Beck House Birr Cross Roads
Abraham Heights Hell Fire Corner
J olting Houses Shrapnel Corner
Cameron House Observatory Wood
Gheluvelt Wood Black Watch Corner
Tower Hamlets Y Wood
Inverness Copse Kansas Cross Roads
Clapham J unction Polderhoek Chateau
Stirling Castle FitzClarence Farm
Dumbarton Wood Kitchener's Wood
Bodmin Copse Mouse Trap Farm
Clomnell Copse Hill 60
Shrewsbury Forest Dawson's Corner
The League is now compiling The Ypres
Book of Valour," a history of notable deeds con
tributed by all regiments.
A scheme is also under consideration for a
Memorial belfry in the Salient.
